Student Magazines

[Silent_Bobina]

So I was recently invited to write for the student magazine at my graduate school. Unfortunately it is not the type of writing I thought it would be, a.k.a. academic. Instead, a lot of it is creative non-fiction articles and creative articles about cultural happenings around the school. I have written creative non-fiction undergraduate and am interested in continuing to write it in graduate school. I also feel it would be a nice break from writing for my other classes. However there are two things that make me unsure, the first being that I do not have as strong a writing sample for this type of writing although I do have one and also I am unsure of whether this will actually be helpful in my career (Film and Television Studies) if I cannot write about film. Also I may be able to write about film since the invitation indicated that they were looking for writers from a variety of programs including Film and Television although none of the sample articles I've read have reflected this sort of topic or variety. What should I do? Is it worth the time to apply? Should I use my strongest writing sample even though it is not the style of writing prominent in the magazine or should I submit my writing that is more similar to the magazine even if it is not as good?

[CitizenHobbes]

In this case I would send the sample that looks most closely like the kind of writing you'd be submitting to this magazine. But it's definitely worth the time to apply! The fact that the magazine doesn't yet feature articles like the ones you'd like to write shouldn't stop you. They don't have the published because you're not yet writing for them haha.